Destiny gets new cutlass & ???

[hanleyclifford]

Originally Posted by romantic comedy

I just block from the prop to the boat, to stop rotation, when running dry. Works on my boat anyway.

I do usually have the shaft disconnected anyway, just for alignment checks. And check it again when in the water.

Hanley, the ICW ate up a new cutlass on my trip south. 1000 miles and it was shot.

1000 miles is only one way! not even. I think my current got four round trips. But I have often wondered about the effect of that dirty, gritty water - especially on days when the stinkpots are blowing by so fast and often you hardly get a decent reading on your sounder.

[romantic comedy]

Hanley, then I think you did fine with yours.

[hanleyclifford]

You never know when some useless piece of hardware store junk will become useful. A 6' bath curtain rod constructed of the cheapest, lightest but straightest brass (probably by child labor in Bangladesh) has become my first line engine alignment rod. The cutless is new and the distance from it to the engine is about half the length of the shower rod which is a 1" perfect fit in the cutless. By runing it in and observing where it lands on the engine output coupling, crude initial positioning of the "dog" can be made.